Railway-tie.



B1 NICHOLS L F. E. SHEPHERD..

RAILWAY TIE. APPLIQATION FILED 111111.22, 1912.

1,048,199, Patented 11110.24, 1912 0 www @um by@ Mu@ 1 '10 mg is a'- specification.

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1,048,199. i speineatlon ot Lettersjl'atent. 'y

To all whom 'it 'muy concern: of the bar which i'sbetween the pockets the *i Be it known that we, CHARLES B. `Nioirons ends of ythe baryare adjacent to eachf'other'f and FRANK E. SHEPHERD, lcitizens of. the and the edges of thev adjacent parts ofqthe United States, and respectively residents ofmember 1 arel parallel l'andclose-,uto each: the cityof S ringfield, `in the county of other and in conjunction withthe member 60 Sangamon and) State of Illinois, andthe 1* form ay channely 6 extending from one city vof Chicago, inthe county of Cook and pocket to the other. The'bar 1 is pierced by State of Illinois, have` invented a new/and transverse holes. 3, accommodating bolts 4 or useful Railway-Tie, of which 'the followequivalent means, for connecting the parts.

The-'blocks5 fitv snugly in the pockets 2 65 T he invention relates to composite ties and the lower ends of the blocks are supfor railways. l ported on .the -flanges`2h and prevent the The general purpose of the invention is: blocks from being vpushed out of the pocket.

-to` provide a composite railway tiev compris'- The blocks are preferably ofwood treating separable elements each having distin- 'ed with' creosote or other preservative and 70 gulshin characteristics as lhereinafter set dipped into boiling asphaltum. The pockets forth, t e tie las a whole having greatnrigid` are all the same 'size andthe blocks are all ity land aifordin a cushion, support fon the same size, so any block will it in any the track rails a apted to minimize thejar pocket. The. blocks lit snugly in the pockand noise of cars running on the track. ets so that when the nuts on the "bolts 4 75 More specific purposes are: to provide' a- 'are tightened they will cause the sides of one-piece'main structureshaped to form at thepocketsto bear firmlyy against the sides the ends of the tie pockets ada ted to reof the blocks and securely holdjthe blocks: ceive blocks sup ort-lng the rails; to. ro- Whenthe blocks are in'place in the pockvide rail supporting blocks adapted `to t in ets and the nuts on the bolts'4 are'- tightened `80 the pockets indiscriminately; to provide the channel 6 formed by the parall'el'parts means for .supporting the block andclam of the` bar 1 between, the pockets 2 will be i 1ng`them 1n the pockets to' prevent splitlledjwith a filler 7 of cement or concrete tlng of the blocks;'and to provide a -reinor other suitable material, to stifen and i.' 30 forcement between the blocks increasing the strengthen 'the central part of thetie. If 85 weight and rigidity 'of the tie. the-tlc' is to'be used on an elevated struc. ith these ends inview, the invention ture,"the filler 7 will preferably consist of consists in the novel features of construction a composition of saw dust and asphaltum, 'and combinations of .parts shown in the .por equivalent sound-deadening material.

; annexed drawing and hereinafter described Chairs 8 resting o n the blocks 5 support the 90 andl'finally recited'in the claims. rails. Spikes 10 or equivalent means, se- Figures l and 2 are respectively .a top curely connect the chairsand rails with the plan and a side elevation 'of the tie.; Fig. blocks. The side walls of the pockets bear- 3 1s an enlarged vertical section on the line ingy tirml against the sides of the blocks 40 X. X. of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4' is an enlarged prevent t e blocks from splitting while the 95 I vertical section 'on the line Y. Y. of Fig. 2. spikes are being-driven. v Similar reference charactersv designate Ifl it be desired to iemovea worn br delike'partsjin the different views'. fective bloc he bolts 4 adjacent `to the he frame of 'the tie, designated as a ocket in .which the block is contained will whole by the numeral lis a single barof Ee removed to relieve the pressure of the 100' angle iron bent as shown. The an le bar 1' iside walls o f the pocket against the sides of hasniJ vertlcal member I* preferab yA about the blocks; the'block will then 4be lifted out six inches wide and a horizontal member 1" of the pocket, a new block will be' placed in 'preferably about tw'o inches wide.' The 'the pocket, the bolts will bev tightened to '50'bar is bent, to form rectangular pockets 2. 'lreelp the new block in the pocket and the 105 Y h aving vertical walls 2 formed bA the' verspi will. driven into the block to contlcalimember. of the bar l-*an internal neet the ,chair and rail, or rail s, with the l horizontal flangesi2f-- former by .the 'h block'.l

ori.- 3.911@ f'member ,the bar di I 1 t pmt vention contlulllltethe l.'sudpporting parts of ties, wood being best apted for that use on account of its yielding nature and the facility with which rsplkee mayl be driven into it.

'I,h,af-` oekets arranged to'clampand pref, N Ientspl ittng ofthe blocks'admitof the; use

of neletivel `smell blocks,.so that the wood maybe use most economically. The metal1 vand cement parts of the tie are verydura lefand. the more perishable parts can be readily replaced.

Compared with the 'ordinary Wood ties, thefirst cost of the composite tie is reasonaibie, the 'cost of maintenancev is relatively' small, and the life of e composite tie is A lon er thanthe lifeof a. Wood tie.

'tol form internally flanged pockets and a two-ply lcentral part between ysaid pockets;

' said pockets land a filler occupying the chantie, an anglebar bent' in combination' with rail-supporting blocks resting on the anges of said pockets. A

2. In a. composite tie, anangle 'bar bent to form internally anged pockets and a channelk between seid pockets; in combina# tion with blocks supported on the flanges of nel between said. pockets.

Signed byme, CHARLES B. N1cHoLs,.a-t. Springfield, Illinois, October 31st, 1911, and signed by me, FRANK E.,SHP1RD, at Chicago, Illinois, October 28th, 1911.

y CHARLES B. NICHOLS. i FRANK E. SHEPHERD.

Witnesses to the signature of Charles B. Y, Nichols:

W. J. AURELIUS,

.-N. DU Bois. lVitnesses tothe signature of vFrank E. Shepherdz. f I

" NnLsP. HANSEN, THEO. J. DALIEDEN. 

